term 1 vocab Flashcards
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Congress
The national legislative body of a country
Executive Branch
The branch of government charged with the execution and enforcement of laws and policies and the administration of public affairs
Legislative Branch
The branch of the government that writes, debates, and passes laws. Making laws can be called legislating
Judicial Branch
The criminal and civil courts and helps interpret the United States Constitution
President
The elected head of a republican state
Vice-President
An official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president
census
An official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation
Supreme Court
The highest court of the U.S.
House of Representatives
The lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies, as in the United States, Mexico, and Japan
Senate
An assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation
liberalism
Political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality
Conservatism
Conservatism is a preference for the historically inherited rather than the abstract and ideal
checks and balances
To keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch.
democracy
Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system
Politics
The activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power
Republican
A person advocating or supporting republican government
Democrat
An advocate or supporter of democracy
Election
A formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body
voting rights
The right of a stockholder to vote on matters of corporate policy and who will make up the board of directors.
Electoral College
A body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president
Constitution
A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
constitutional
Of or relating to an established set of principles governing a state
veto
A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body
